LA Junta Tribune
La Junta City Council approved bylaw amendments and board recommendations to Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center at its Dec. 21 city council meeting.
There were no new appointments to the Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center board. Those reelected to the hospital board include Board Vice Chairman Dale L. Leighty, Secretary/Treasurer Rob Pickering and Joseph Pentlicki, D.M., the last of which is a City of La Junta appointee, Mayor Jeffri Pruyn said.
Bylaw amendments regarding the hospital were also approved at the Dec. 21 meeting. City attorney Phil Malouff broke down the amendments for council members.
The proposed changes include allowing notices to be sent digitally, more oversight of hospital finance committees spending authority, and elimination of dependence upon local legal council.
LA Junta Tribune
Recent snow has delayed development of Livewell Park and an adjacent parking lot on Santa Fe Avenue, Council Member Ed Vela said at the La Junta City Council meeting. The Livewell Park, they were going great for a couple weeks, and then all of a sudden the eight inches of snow we got four inches at a time slowed things down, said Vela. But at least all the sand has been thrown out for laying of concrete . That appears to be moving along smoothly. All electrical work has been put up.
The parking lot on Santa Fe Avenue also remains under development. Vela said the parking lot will have an entrance on Santa Fe in addition to an an exit that leads into the alleyway.